Toaster



April 7, 1925.

A. J. LINDEMANN TOASTER Filed Oct. 18, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN VENTOR Ap 7, I925 A. J. LINDEMANN TOASTER Filed Oct. 18, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN VENTOR ATToizNEY Patented Apr. 7,1925.

UNITED STATES 1,533,075 PATENT OFFICE} ALBERT J'. LINDEM'ANN, F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO A. J. LINDEMAN N dc HOVEBSON COMPANY, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WIS- CON SIN.

TOASTEB.

Application filed October 18, 1923. Serial No. 669,242.

To all whom it may comem;

Be it known that I, ALBERT J. LINDE- MANN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Milwaukee, in the 6 county of Milwaukee, State of Wisconsin,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toasters, of which the following is a specification.

The improvements relate to devices for toasting bread and other articles and more particularly devices of this kind in which an electric heating element is employed. They may be utilized however, .for any purpose to which they are adapted.

Among the objects of the improvements are to provide a device of the character mentioned whichwill be simple and dependable and will automatically cause the reversal of the article to be toasted when the door which holds it in position opposite the heating element is opened, and to obviate and overcome certain disadvantages and objections in the construction and operation thereof.

The improvements are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1

is a front view of a toaster embodying the improvements with the door closed; Fig. 2 is a plan thereof; Fig. 3 is an end elevation with one door open, and Fig. 4.- is a vertical cross section of the same, substantially on the line 44 of Fig. 1, looking in the direct-ion indicated by the arrows in that figure. j

The frame of the toaster comprises a base 1, end uprights 2 and 3, and a. perforated top 4, all secured together. Mounted in this frame is an electric heating element 5, ex- ,tending from end to end thereof and su ported by'a platform 6, having outwar y beveled surfaces at the bottom and a hanger 7 at the top. Between the end frames, at the bottom and at the front and back thereof horizontal bars 8 are supported, and on these bars the doors 9 are hinged. Other bars 10 extending parallel with the bars 8 are supported slightly above and within the said bars 8, and a series of upright bars 11 forming grids or grates are secured by having their lower ends, 11 turned around the bars 8. These bars 11 extend around behind'the bars 10 and up over the hanger member 7, each bar on both sides being formed of a single continuous piece of wire. Adjacent to the hinge of the door 9,

and arrangedto; swing between it and the bars 11, in each side, is a swinging frame 12 consisting preferably of a single piece of wire extending across the face of the grid and having its two ends 12 turned down at each side and extending through a description, that when a piece of toast or the like is placed on the door, and the door is turned upwardly to closed position the frame 12 will be pressed backwardly to the position shown on the left in Fig. 4, and.

that when the door is opened the bottom of:

the-piece of toast will be thrown outwardly so that it will SlldBytO an approximately horizontal position on the door,'as shown in Fig. 3, with the face whichhas beenfex-v posed to the heating element down. When, therefore, the door is again closed, the opposite or untoasted side will be presented to the heating element. In this manner the article tobe toasted is turned so that first one side and then the other is presented for toasting, without any turning or reversing action on the part of the door, and'positively. It will also be observed that as the top bar is normally in contact with the toast near the bottom of the latter when it is in toasting position, and the toast is held between it and the door,.when the bar is opened the'toast will be moved outwardly, across its entire width, and will not be caused to move laterally or swing sidewise over the face of the door. This is particu- .larly advantageous when two or more piecesv are being toasted on the one side as is frequently the case-and insures that they -will not fall to positions where they will overlap each other and will not have to be restored to proper position by hand. It will further be seen that the device is of such simple and dependable construction that there is no danger that it will' get out of adjustment, even when carelessly used.

The improvements enable the maker to employ an ordinary door with a simple hinge connecting it with the toaster, and no special parts connected therewith, and to make and install the turnin or reversing frame before or after the oor is placed in position.

In fact this reversing frame may be applied to ordinary toasters which have no provision. for reversal, without modification of their construction, since it is entirely independent in' its construction and operation of the other parts.

The lower laterally turned portionsll --of, the bars 11 form a permanent shelf on which the article rests while being toasted, and this portion also has a downward inclination toward the hinge of the door. The

a toaster having a frame, an upright heating element and a door mounted to'open outwardly and down wardly, a turning device comprlsing a member extending ,overthe face of the heatingv .element near. the bottom thereof and means for constantly impelling the said member outwardlyaway from said heating element.

2. In combination with the parts specified in claim 1 a weight acting as said impelling means. I

3. In the combination of claim 1 the said turning means bein pivoted to the frame.

and movable to an from the heating element.

4. The combination with a frame, an upright heating element and an outwardly and downwardly openable door of a turning device comprisin a member mounted independently of t e heating element and the door to swing outwardly near the bottom of the element and toward the door, and a support for the lower edge of the article to be toasted, between the door and the heating element and below the upper part of the turning device.

5. A turning device adapted to be mounted between the heating element and the door of a toaster or the like, comprising a member mounted to swing between said heating element and door and means independent of the door for its operation for causing it to swing outwardly.

6. In a toaster having a frame, an upright heating element and a door mounted to open 7 outwardly and downwardly, a turning device comprising a member mounted between the door and the heating device to have movement independent of the door and -means also acting independentl of the door for constantly pressing the sai turning device in an outward direction.

Witness my hand this 13th da of October, 1923, at the city of Milwau ee, in the county of Milwaukee, State of Wisconsin.

ALBERT J.- 

